Common Sense and the Rhetoric of Technology

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This article investigates rhetorical methods for establishing notions of common sense, especially the common sense that makes technological choices take on an aura of inevitability. I rely on a rhetorical framework drawn from Aristotle and Perelman \& Olbrechts-Tyteca, as well as the philosophers Charles Taylor and Andrew Feenberg.

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Rhetoric, Technology, Endoxa, Enthymeme, Social Imaginaries

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Welsh, J., (2014) “Common Sense and the Rhetoric of Technology”, POROI 10(1): 3, 1-31. doi: https://doi.org/10.13008/2151-2957.1129

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Joshua Welsh (Central Washington University)

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